This week Sports Illustrated released the All-Decade Team, focusing on players who have defined the last 10 years of the NBA. The Crossover's experts all pitched in and voted to make the project come to fruiton. And while this was a large, collaborative effort, not everyone can agree on everything. With that in mind, we put together a space to embrace debate. Below, writers whose selections came into direct conflict explain their thinking on players and their rightful place on the list.
The case for: I don’t even know how to argue this, it’s Kevin Durant!